Programme
 
  • Day1
    Inauguration Symposium

  • Day2
    Dengue Research
    Network Meeting
  • Day3
    Dengue Research
    Network Meeting
  • Day4
    Dengue Research
    Network Meeting/ Disease Modeling

Day 1:  8 Dec 2009, Tuesday, 8.00am - 6.00pm
0800 - 0830 Registration
0830 - 0900

Opening of the EID 2009 Conference

Welcome address: Duane J GUBLER (Duke-NUS, Singapore),
Professor and Director
Program in Emerging Infectious Disease, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Opening address (Guest of Honor): Chorh Chuan TAN (NUS, Singapore)
President, National University of Singapore

SESSION 1
Chair: Paola CASTAGNOLI (Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore)
Co-chair: Yee Sin LEO (Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore)
0900 - 0945 David HEYMANN (Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, UK)
When Nature turns cook: The Epidemiologist’s feast
0945 - 1030 Ian LIPKIN (Columbia University, USA)
Microbe Hunting in the 21st century
1030 - 1115 Malik PEIRIS (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Pathogenesis of influenza
1115 - 1145 Tea Break
SESSION 2
Chair: Martin HIBBERD (Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore)
Co-chair: Lionel LEE (DSO National Laboratories, Singapore)
1145 - 1230 Michael MERSON (Duke Global Health Institute, USA)
Global Health and the Role of Infectious Diseases
1230 - 1315 Mariano GARCIA-BLANCO (Duke University, USA)
Discovery of Flavivirus Host Factors
1315 - 1430 Lunch
SESSION 3
Chair: Paul TAMBYAH (National University Hospital, Singapore)
Co-chair: Lyn JAMES (Ministry of Health, Singapore)
1430 - 1515 Thomas DENNY (Duke Human Vaccine Institute, USA)
High-throughput Isolation of Immunoglobulin Genes from Single Human B Cells
and Expression as Monoclonal Antibodies from Individuals with Acute Influenza Infection and
those Receiving Influenza Vaccines
1515 - 1600 Edison LIU (Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore)
Pathogen Genomics in DUKE GMS
1600 - 1630 Tea Break
SESSION 4
Chair: Lee Ching NG (National Environment Agency, Singapore)
Co-chair: Vernon LEE (NUS, Singapore)
1630 - 1715 David J ROGERS (University of Oxford, UK)
Global Pandemics – Emerging Threats
1715 - 1800 Posters
1800 onwards Welcome Reception

Day 2:  9 Dec 2009, Wednesday, 8.00am - 6.00pm
0800 - 0830 Registration
0830 - 0845 Opening of 4th Asian Dengue Research Networking Meeting
0845 - 0915 Plenary Lecture - Eva Harris (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
0915 - 0945 Plenary Lecture - Hsieh Shie Liang (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)
0945 - 1015 Plenary Lecture - Aravinda de Silva (University of North Carolina, USA)
1015 - 1045 Tea Break
1045 - 1205 Session 1 - Functional Genomics virus/host
1045 - 1105 Manoj Krishnan (Yale University, USA)
1105 - 1125 Jane Cardosa (Universiti Sarawak Malaysia, Malaysia)
1125 - 1145 Lin Yee-Shin. Molecular mimicry between dengue virus NS1 and host self antigens
on endothelial cells and platelets
1145 - 1205 Wang Wei-Kung. The C terminus of the stem of dengue virus PrM critical for production of
virus-like particles
1205 - 1500 Lunch, Posters, Poster Colloquium
1500 - 1530 Tea Break
1530 - 1800 Session 2 - Vaccines antivirals and animal model
1530 - 1550 Jorge Osorio. Clinical and preclinical evaluation of DENVAX
1550 - 1610 Pei-Yong Shi (Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases & Duke-NUS)
1610 - 1630 Vianney Tricou. A RCT of chloroquine in dengue : virological and clinical outcomes
1630 - 1650 Luo Dahai. The NS3 protein from dengue virus: structure and function
1650 - 1710 Kazuya Hidari. Anti-dengue virus activity of sulfated polysaccharides
1710 - 1730 Anil Kumar. Role of NS5 nuclear localization in dengue replication and IL-8 induction
1730 - 1750 Eva Harris (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Day 3:  10 Dec 2009, Thursday, 8.00am - 6.00pm
0800 - 0830 Registration
0830 - 0900 Plenary Lecture - Michael Rossmann (Purdue University, USA)
0900 - 1020 Session 3 - Viral Entry & Neutralisation
0900 - 0920 Ooi Eng Eong (Duke-NUS, Singapore)
0920 - 0940 Sutee Yoksan (Mahidol University, Thailand)
0940 - 1000 Lok Shee Mei. Function of M protein in the dengue virus maturation process
1000 - 1020 Lin Hong En. Epitope study of MABS against the envelope protein of dengue virus
1020 - 1100 Tea Break
1100 - 1230 Session 4 - Dengue Pathogenesis (Part 1)
1100 - 1120 Kazunori Oishi (Osaka University, Japan)
1120 - 1140 Malasit Prida (Siriraj Hospital, Thailand)
1140 - 1200 Hsu Tan-Kuei. Single chain variable fragment against dengue virus non-structural protein
1 binds to human fibrinogen and inhibits its activation
1200 - 1500 Lunch, Posters, Poster Colloquium
1500 - 1530 Tea Break
1530 - 1800 Session 5 - Dengue Pathogenesis (Part 2)
1530 - 1550 Gavin Screaton (Imperial College, UK)
1550 - 1610 Cameron Simmons (Oxford University Clinical Research Unit - Vietnam)
1610 - 1630 Prasad Paradkar. Differential host response by dengue virus replication in mammalian cells
1630 - 1650 Naphak Modhiran. Suppression of toll-like receptor signaling transduction in monocytes
infected with dengue antibody complex
1650 - 1710 Bahar Shafaeddin Schreve. Distinctive role of IL-10 during dengue infection
1710 - 1730 Thawornchai Limjindaporn. Nuclear localization of dengue virus capsid protein is required
for DAXX interaction and apoptosis
1730 - 1750 Lee Ying-Ray. Signaling pathways involved in dengue-2 virus infection induced
RANTES overexpression.
1750 onwards Conference Dinner

Day 4:  11 Dec 2009, Friday, 8.00am - 6.00pm
0800 - 0830 Registration
0830 - 1030 Session 6 - Dengue Epidemiology
0830 - 0850 John Aaskov (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
0850 - 0910 Sri Hartati Hardiwijojo. Asymptmatic dengue infections in a chohort of
adult volunteers.
0910 - 0930 Hasitha Tissera. Community based paediatric dengue surveillance in Colombo,
Sri Lanka
0930 - 0950 Atefeh Khakpoor. DENV serotype specific interation with autophagic vacuoles as sites
for its replication/translation
0950 - 1010 Paul Reiter. The mating behavior and competitiveness of a transgenic strain of Aedes
aegypti carrying a lethal genetic system (RIDL®)
1010 - 1030 Summary of the Asian Dengue Networking Meeting and the Future
   
1030 - 1800 Infectious Diseases Modeling
1030 - 1045 Opening of Disease Modeling Meeting
1045 - 1800 Modeling (Agenda in progress)